Sand Blooper Reel

I'm back from the beach now. I'm pretty happy with the sand stuff I did, but also a little frustrated at "the ones that got away". By this, I mean the ones I was working on that collapsed before I could get a finished shot. Three times, I tried to do a standing dwarf. All three times, the face fell off before I could complete it (sigh). Anyway, here's a couple things I didn't get to finish.

I had high hopes for this pirate. His eyepatch came out well, and the parrot was working well, too. I was going to put a sword in one hand and a bottle of rum in the other. One boot was to rest on a small barrel.




I tried two eagles this year, both collapsed before completion. This one was a little fat, but I could fix that. The real problem was with the wind. Both days, the wind was too strong, and it just buffeted the wide, thin structure of the wings until they gave in.